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Eastern Practices and Nordic Bodies
Lived Religion, Spirituality and Healing in the Nordic Countries, Palgrave Studies in New Religions and Alternative Spiritualities
ISBN/EAN: 9783031381171
Umbreit-Nr.: 9819826
Sprache:
Englisch
Umfang: xv, 306 S., 1 s/w Illustr., 306 p. 1 illus.
Format in cm:
Einband:
gebundenes Buch
Erschienen am 14.10.2023
Auflage: 1/2023
- Zusatztext
- This volume explores the reception, development and construction of Eastern practices in the Nordic countries. The focus is on spirituality, medicine and healing from a lived religion perspective. Besides a geographical focus on the Nordic countries and their characteristics, this collection examines the embodied practices aligned with different expressions of religiosity, alternative medicine, spirituality and healing practices. By addressing questions about how so-called Eastern practices are embodied, spread and materialized, the contributors shed light on a cultural change in Nordic societies regarding religious, spiritual and alternative health practices, that are sometimes at odds with the dominant medical discourse about life-threatening diseases and other types of conditions.
- Kurztext
- Focuses on spirituality, medicine and healing from a lived religion perspectiveExamines the practices aligned with expressions of religiosity, alternative medicine, spirituality and healing practicesSheds light on a cultural change in Nordic societies regarding religious, spiritual and alternative health practices
- Autorenportrait
- Daniel Enstedt is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.Katarina Plank is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Karlstad University, Sweden.